This is where the situation in which the Islanders got themselves during Anthony Duclair’s (and Mat Barzal’s) absence gets them into trouble.

Stefen Rosner sat down with New York Islanders forward Anthony Duclair to discuss his recovery and return to the lineup after a 29-game absence.

There is plenty of blame to go around for the Islanders’ struggles this season, but the star players’ struggles is a big reason for their poor play.

NEW YORK (AP) — Casey Cizikas and Anders Lee each scored twice and the New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday night. Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Anthony Duclair also scored, and Mathew Barzal and Alexander Romanov each had two assists for New York, which had lost three of four. Ilya Sorokin finished with 22 saves.

Casey Cizikas (2G), Anders Lee (2G), JG Pageau, Anthony Duclair scored for the Islanders in a game that tied a season-high six goals, while Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves in his career-long 12 th consecutive start. Michael Bunting, Noel Acciari, Rickard Rakell scored for the Penguins while Tristan Jarry made 28 saves in the loss.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will have to wait a little longer before welcoming back Auston Matthews to a team that has Stanley Cup aspirations. The New York Islanders can't afford to wait much longer to begin winning and stave off a potential breakup of the core that reached consecutive NHL semifinals in 2020-21.

NEW YORK (AP) Casey Cizikas and Anders Lee each scored twice and the New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday night. Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Anthony Duclair also scored, and ...

NEW YORK — Casey Cizikas and Anders Lee each scored twice and the New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 Saturday night. Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Anthony Duclair also scored, and Mathew

Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Anthony Duclair also scored ... later for his 200th career point (86 goals, 114 assists). Islanders: New York’s penalty kill was 3 for 4 after coming in a league-worst ...

On Thursday's loss to Toronto, Anders Lee had this to say: "We created chances. We didn't score on them. That was the difference."

Roy shuffled his lines at Saturday's practice, notably putting Brock Nelson on a line with Mathew Barzal and Anders Lee. Nelson and Barzal have played 255:15 together at five-on-five since the start of the 2022-23 season, but have played just shy of 400 minutes together on the power play over that same span, so there is some familiarity. Nelson

While change to the forward configuration was necessary when Simon Holmstrom fell victim to an upper-body injury in their 3-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Nov. 29, Roy elected to make some pretty big changes following their 2-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.